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Light earthquake 4 mag, 58 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines


Earthquake location 5.7708S, 126.155WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Mangili in Philippines on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 28/07/20 / 2020-07-28 11:27:10 / July 28, 2020 @ 11:27 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 126.155 East, latitude 5.7708 North, depth = 123.7 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 123.7 km (77 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000b8s7. Unique identifier: us6000b8s7. The temblor was reported at 11:27:10 / 11:27 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Talagutong (c. 8 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sarangani, Talagutong, Caburan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 58 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.155° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.7708° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 123.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-28 11:27:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-22 12:59:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 246 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.411 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000b8s7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000b8s7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b8s7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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